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<p n="891">These are to Certify to the Worshipful Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50642_n891-1">John Hawkins</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50642_occ260">Knight</rs>
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, Chairman, and the rest of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50642_occ261">Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50642_geo779">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Assembled in their<lb></lb>
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, That Mr, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50642_n891-2">Samuel Drake</rs>
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who now offers himself a Candidate to be Nominated & Appointed<lb></lb>
a Surveyor under the Act passed in the last Session of Parliament<lb></lb>
for the better Regulation of Buildings in London and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50642_geo780">Westminister</rs>
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That he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50642_n891-3">Samuel Drake</rs>
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did serve his Clerkship with,<lb></lb>
and has been for 24 Years past in my Service, during which<lb></lb>
time he has been conversant in the Several Branches of Building,<lb></lb>
And from the Knowledge of I have of his Qualification in<lb></lb>
every respect for undertaking and performing the intended<lb></lb>
Employment under the said Act, and the great experience<lb></lb>
I have had of his Good Behaviour, Integrity, and Fidelity, I<lb></lb>
take the liberty of Recommending him in the strongest manner<lb></lb>
to the Notice of your Worships as a Person highly deserving of<lb></lb>
Your honour at the ensuing Election.</p>
<p n="892">Salisbury Street<lb></lb>
4th, July 1774.</p>
<p n="893">I have the Honour to be<lb></lb>
Gentlemen<lb></lb>
Your most humble Servant<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50642_n893-1">James Paine</rs>
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